Plowshare and cultivator shovel straightener



May 8, 1928. 1,668,633 J. l. DEPEW PLOWSHARE AND CULTIVATOR SHOVEL STRAIGHTENER Filed March 28. 1927 9 I Wy/%/// A W a, 3mm

Jmeslfiqmew proceeds, the invention resides in Patented May 8, 1928.

, UNITED STATES ATENT *OFFICE.

JAMES I. DEPEW, OF LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA.

PLOWSHARE Ann CULTIVATOR SHOVEL STRAIGHTENER.

Application filed March 28, 1927. Serial No. 179,025.

or cultivator shovels may be positioned and hammered into shape, should they be twisted or otherwise bent from their normal configurations. r

A further object of the invention is to provide a device having enlargements formed on the upper surface thereof, which enlargementsconform to the shapes of the shares or blades to insure the propershapin thereof.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a, plan view of advice constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2'of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4: of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a sectional view 5-5 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the device includes a solid member having an upper offset portion 5 and a laterally extended end portion 6, the end portions 6 conforming to the shape of the usual pointed end of a plow share.

V The upper surface of the device curves upwardly from one edge thereof to a point substantially intermediate the side edges defining a substantially thick central portion and a curvedupper surface conforming taken on line surface being indicated by the reference character 7.

to the shape of a plow share, the curved -At the forward end of the curved surface is a shoulder 8 that extends at an oblique angle with respect to the upper edge of the curved surface? to the end that the flange of the usual plow share may rest thereagainstwhile it is being hammered into shape after sharpening.

'A convex enlargement 9 is also provided on the upper surface and extends from the inner edge of the curved surface 7, to a point adjacent to the opposite edge of the device, the curvature of the enlargement 9 "conforn'iing to the concave curvature of the usual cultivator share so that a cultivator shovel after ithas been sharpened in the usual. manner, may be positioned over the enlargement 9 and hammered to take the shape of the enlargement, which is the true cultivator shovel shape.

Extending from the upper edge of the laterally extended portion 6, is an enlargement 10 whichhas a thickened portion adjacent to the point Where it merges into the laterallyv extended portion 6, defining an inclined surface and a surface conforming to the usual shape of a lister share, to the end that the lister share may be positioned thereover and hammered to properly shape thelister share after ithas been sharpened. From the foregoingit will be seen that due'tothis construction, I have provided a form or a device to be used as an anvil on which plow shares or cultivator shovels may be'positioned and hammered to straightenor reshape them when they have become distorted, the reshaping usually being accomplished after the sharpening of the shares or cultivator shovels. I

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described,

a solid body portion, a laterally disposed end portion, said body portion having a curved surface extending from one edge of the body portion, a point substantially intermediate the side edges of the body portion, a convex enlargement extending from the upper surface of the body portion, and an enlargement extending in a direction opposite to the laterally disposed end portion.

2. In a device of the character described, 5 a solid'body portion having an elongated eoncaved upper surface and having a convexed surface adjacentthereto, one edge of the body portion being curved laterally defining a pointed extremity, and an enlarge ment extending from the opposite side edge of the body portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature.

JAMES I. DEPEW. 

